Chapter 122 Possible Pregnancy The Dragon Boat
Festival is coming soon, and Song Shuqing has begun to prepare things for the festival.
She needs to make summer clothes for everyone in the mansion, and also a set of headgear. No matter what, the face of a marquis's mansion must be maintained.
She needs to ask the farm to send mugwort, and also make mugwort cakes, rice dumplings, etc.
She also needs to send festival gifts to several close families.
Now Song Shuqing has a lot of expensive medicinal herbs because of Fengtianxing's medicinal herbs, so each family will send some.
Of course, there are also many gifts in return.
Every family seems to have discussed it before, and the gifts they send include things suitable for Fengtianxing to use and eat.
And these days, Ruan Ruoying is very impetuous.
She is 42 years old this year, and it is said that she is older, and the possibility of pregnancy is very small.
She had never heard of any lady in the whole capital being pregnant at this age. Otherwise, she would not have done nothing afterwards.
Her menstruation was not very regular, but it happened every month, and the error was only three or five days.
But it had been half a month, and she still hadn't had her period.
This made her a little suspicious, but she didn't dare to ask a doctor to see her.
The death of the old Duke Zheng didn't even concern her.
Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and she has to talk to her cousin.
If it is really as she guessed, it will be terrible.
She found a legitimate reason and went out with Liu Xier and Nanny Zhao.
As before, when they arrived at the courtyard, Liu Xier took Nanny Zhao to buy vegetables and make lunch.
Liu Taizhe invited everyone into the main hall and personally made tea for Ruan Ruoying.
"Cousin, how come you have time to come here today?" Liu Taizhe asked with a smile.
"I brought you some food for the Dragon Boat Festival. Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and you will be lonely in Beijing alone. I will leave Xier to you today and let him spend the festival with you."
"Cousin just feels sorry for me. Alas, people need a companion to live a meaningful life. Fortunately, I came to Beijing, otherwise I would not know that cousin has always had me in her heart."
Liu Taizhe is already old, but he can speak these love words as sweet as honey, which makes Ruan Ruoying very happy.
"Cousin, I am a little nervous here." Ruan Ruoying suddenly put away her smile and said worriedly.
"What's wrong?" Liu Taizhe also became serious.
"I suspect I may be pregnant." Ruan Ruoying said in a low voice.
"What did you say? How old are you? You can still get pregnant?" Liu Taizhe's eyes widened in disbelief.
"I'm serious."
"Have you seen a doctor?"
"No, cousin, I dare not. What if it's true? We can't hide our affair, and I'm so old." Ruan Ruoying was extremely anxious.
"Wait for me to think about it." Liu Taizhe stood up from the chair and wandered around the room.
"I'll ask a doctor to check your pulse now." Liu Taizhe thought for a long time and made a decision.
"Cousin." Ruan Ruoying was very scared.
"Don't worry. If you really get pregnant, I'll take you away. We should have been husband and wife. It was the old Marquis Wu'an who tore us apart. Now we can reunite. Isn't it right?"
"But..." Ruan Ruoying was reluctant to leave the splendor and wealth of the Marquis's Mansion. "Don't you want to be with me?"
"No, no. I'm afraid Zuwen and Zuwu will be in a big mess if they know about this."
"I'll go and tell them. Zuwu is your own son. He will always consider you. As for the Marquis, family shame should not be made public. I think he will know how to choose the best for the Marquis's Mansion."
After Liu Taizhe's comfort and sweet words, Ruan Ruoying was coaxed.
Liu Taizhe went to invite a doctor nearby.
Ruan Ruoying used a handkerchief as a veil to cover her face.
And every time she came here, she dressed very casually on purpose.
The old doctor didn't ask too many questions. People in their line of work all knew that they only needed to see the patient and not say anything else.
After about a quarter of an hour of pulse diagnosis,
the old doctor finally confirmed the diagnosis.
"This lady may be pregnant. But it's still early, and not very obvious. If we check the pulse again in half a month, we can be sure."
The old doctor was just an ordinary doctor. The pregnancy period was short, so it was probably good enough for him to be able to tell the difference.
Liu Taizhe sent the old doctor away.
Liu Xier just happened to come back at this time.
Nanny Zhao saw that her master was sitting in the main hall as usual, and the two chatted.
She was relieved.
After lunch, Ruan Ruoying left Liu Xier and took Nanny Zhao back home.
Ruan Ruoying was in a trance all the way.
"Master, what's wrong with you?" Nanny Zhao still found something different about Ruan Ruoying.
Usually, when the two of them came to that courtyard, on the way back, the master was in high spirits and had a lot to talk to her.
But today, she looked very worried.
"Hmm?" Ruan Ruoying didn't hear clearly what Nanny Zhao said.
She repeated it again.
"Nothing, I was thinking about the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow. I don't know if Zuwu has time to celebrate the festival at home."
"Because it is close to the hunting activities this year, the palace will not hold a Dragon Boat Festival banquet. I think the second master should be at home." Nanny Zhao guessed.
But when she thought that the old Duke Zheng had not been buried yet, it was very likely that he would go to help, so she was not sure.
In the afternoon, Feng Zuwen returned home from work, and Yu Changfang called him to report something to him.
When Feng Zuwen heard it, he laughed.
"Changfang, immediately arrange for the father and daughter to leave the capital." Feng Zuwen ordered meaningfully.
"Yes, Lord." Yu Changfang also smiled obscenely and left.
The next day, because of the festival, all officials had a day off.
As expected, Feng Zuwu and his wife went to help at the Duke of Zheng's mansion early in the morning.
But they came back in the afternoon.
Because it is a holiday today, the family will be reunited, and now they can have dinner at the same table with Feng Yuanjie.
It is not as easy for the couple to see their son now as before.
Song Shuqing is very strict and basically does not give the second wife a chance.
In the evening, the kitchen had already prepared the meals arranged by Song Shuqing.
The family was together, and the meal was placed in the main hall of the third main courtyard.
There were not many masters, only nine people.
Zheng Lian arrived early and saw Feng Yuanjie playing with Feng Tianxing, while Song Shuqing was still watching the kitchen maids preparing meals.
She came to Feng Yuanjie to make her presence felt.
"Yuanjie, do you miss your second aunt?"
"Yes." Feng Yuanjie answered perfunctorily, but his eyes were watching the jigsaw puzzle in Feng Tianxing's hand, changing it again and again.
He couldn't help but reach out to fiddle with it.
"Hey, wrong, this should be put here." Feng Tianxing saw that he put it in the wrong place and shouted.
Feng Yuanjie immediately changed his position when he heard it, and then looked at Feng Tianxing with a silly smile and asked for praise.
Feng Zuwu came a little later and saw Feng Yuanjie and Feng Tianxing playing very hard, without even looking at him.
"Yuanjie, what are you playing?" He took the initiative to speak.
"Don't disturb me, my sister and I are playing board." Feng Yuanjie was very impatient.
Feng Zuwu was a little hurt. In the past, when he saw Yuanjie, he would rush over to him enthusiastically, but now he ignored him.
"Second brother, why hasn't mother come yet? Go and invite her, we will have dinner soon." At this time, Song Shuqing came.
Feng Zuwen and the two brothers followed behind.
Everyone waited for a while before Ruan Ruoying finally arrived.
Feng Zuwu and Zheng Lian came forward and helped her sit in the main seat.
With a small population, one table is enough for one family.
"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's eat." Feng Zuwen spoke on behalf of the head of the family.
He carried Feng Tianxing to sit next to him. Feng Yuanjie sat next to Song Shuqing.
Feng Zuwu and his wife sat on the other side of Ruan Ruoying, and the two brothers sat next to Feng Zuwu and his wife, just four people on each side.
The maids helped to serve the dishes. It is not usually used, but today is a festival, and the etiquette and rules of the big family are on the table.
Suddenly, Ruan Ruoying's face turned pale, and she tried her best to suppress the discomfort in her stomach.
Feng Zuwu saw that something was wrong with his mother and asked, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"